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Half of Sudan’s most vulnerable children could die without aid – UN

The situation for Sudan’s most vulnerable children is so desperate that half of the most severely malnourished youngsters are expected to die without urgent...

Thunberg becomes Swedish children’s charity ambassador

Greta Thunberg is to become an ambassador for a Swedish charity foundation that grants wishes to children with serious illnesses. The 19-year-old Swedish climate activist...

Somalia: Catastrophic hunger levels leave 500,000 children at risk of dying – UN

UN agencies on Tuesday, Deptember 13, 2022, warned that catastrophic hunger levels in Somalia have left more than 513,000 children at risk of dying,...

NCF exposes 75 children to conservation at 2022 Summer Camp

In an apparent bid to catch them young and make them future conservation champions, the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) three years ago set up...

Lagos loses 22,500 children to air pollution in 2021 – LASEPA

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) says that 22,500 children died from air pollution in the state in 2021. It stated that the figure...

Children seek govt’s intervention on climate change

Members of the Children Parliament from Borno, Yobe, Cross River and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, August 9, 2022, urged the Federal...

New Minamata Convention amendment protects children from amalgam use

The Children’s Amendment to the amalgam reduction requirement of the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force on Friday, June 24, 2022. Henceforth, all the...

Why Nigeria’s children need environmental education  

To avoid the worst effects of climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommends the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions by 2030...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England, it's difficult to deny global warming is creating a spiralling climate crisis.  Now,...
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Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland from Monday, April 28 to Friday, May 9,...

Malaria vaccines available in Kebbi, Bayelsa at no cost – NPHCDA

The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says free malaria vaccines are available in Primary Healthcare Centres in Kebbi and Bayelsa states...

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Saudi Aramco, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, others have cost the world $28tr in climate damage, study reveals

From drought-fueled wildfires in California to catastrophic floods in New England,...

Countries to debate restriction on chemicals as pollution crisis mounts

Delegates from more than 180 countries will gather in...